Improvement in corn-shellers



H. G. GHEEKMORE & .l. W. McMlLLIN.

Corn-Sheller.

No.l66,7.51, "Patented Aug.17, l875.

WITNESSES: 4/1 133m:

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. DC,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM O. GREEKMORE AND JOHN W. MGMILLIN, OF SALADO, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-SHELLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,751 dated August17, 1875 application filed April 17, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HIRAM G. GREEK- MORE and JOHN W. McM1LLIN,ofSalado, in the county of Bell and State of Texas, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Combined (Jorn Husker, Sheller, and Cleaner,of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is arear view of our improved machine, parts being broken wayto show the construction. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same,taken through the line as a; of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention relates to the combination, with an inclined box, open onone side, of a cylinder or roller, to which saws and strips or bars areapplied as means whereby the husks are stripped from the ears of corn,and the kernels removed as the ear passes through the box.

A is the box or case of the machine, in the upper part of which ispivoted a cylinder, B, to which at one end are attached a number ofsaws, G, the teeth of which project beyond the face of the cylinder B,to cause them to take hold of the husks of the ears of corn and tearthem off. To the face of the cylinder B are attached a series oflongitudinal iron strips, D, extending from the huskingsaws O to theother end of the said cylinder B. In the rear upper part of the box A,and close to the rear side of the cylinder B U D, is secured a box orspout, E, open upon the side next the said cylinder, set at such aninclination that the ears of corn will slide through it, and of such asize that the sides of the ears of corn, while passing through it, willbear against the side of the cylinder B, so as to be husked by the sawsO and shelled by the iron strips D. .The, cars of corn are inserted intothe upper end of the box or spout E through an opening, a in one side-ofthe box A, and the cobs escape through an opening, (L in the other sideof the box A, opposite the lower end of the said feed-box E. 'Motion maybe given to the cylinder B O D by hand or other power applied to one ofits journals by means of a crank or pulley. The machine may be providedwith a feeding device for feeding the ears into the box or spout E,'orthe feeding may be done by hand.

The husks and kernels removed by the saws O and iron cleats I) pass downthrough the space between the cylinder B and the edge of the bottom ofthe feed-box E, and through slots or openings in the bottom of saidfeedbox E. The husks and kernels fall upon the screen F, placed in thebox A below the cylinder B O D and the feed-box E, and which inclinestoward the rear side of the machine, so that the husks may slide downthe said screen, and fall from its lower edge to the floor. The kernelsfall through the screen F to the inclined apron G, and escape through anopening in the front of the box A, at the lower edge of the said apronG, where they may be received in a bag or other receiver. H is afan-wheel, placed in a fan-chamber, I, formed in the lower forward partof the box A. The fan-wheel H may be driven by a belt and pulleys fromthe cylinder B G D. The wind from the fan-blower H I blows away thechaff as it falls from the shelling device to the screen F, and from thescreen F to the apron G, and also accelerates the passage of the husksdown the screen F.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the circular saws D and the strips 0, applied to theperiphery of cylinder B, radial and parallel to its axis, respectively,in combination with the open-side feed-box, as shown and described,whereby the husk-stripping and shelling operations are successivelyperformed,

HIRAM C. CREEKMOBE. JOHN W. MOMILLIN. Witnesses:

JOHN T. EUBANK, Jim. W. AIKEN.

